Sketch trim and extend in Solidworks - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to select the Trim tool in SolidWorks sketch mode.

Solidworks

sketchManager.[1]()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ATrim

BMirror

COffset

DExtend

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using Extend instead of Trim

Using Offset or Mirror which are different tools

The Trim method activates the trim tool in the sketch manager.

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medium

Complete the code to extend a sketch line to another entity.

Solidworks

sketchManager.[1](line1, line2)

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AExtend

BTrim

CCut

DJoin

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using Trim instead of Extend

Using Cut or Join which are unrelated

The Extend method lengthens a sketch entity to meet another.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to trim a sketch entity correctly.

Solidworks

sketchManager.[1](entityToTrim, trimPoint)

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ACut

BTrim

CExtend

DSplit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using Extend which lengthens instead of trims

Using Cut or Split which are not valid methods here

The Trim method trims the entity at the specified point.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to trim and then extend two sketch lines.

Solidworks

sketchManager.[1](lineA, pointA)
sketchManager.[2](lineB, lineC)

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ATrim

BExtend

CCut

DJoin

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping Trim and Extend methods

Using Cut or Join which are incorrect here

First, Trim cuts lineA at pointA. Then, Extend lengthens lineB to meet lineC.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to trim, extend, and then trim again on sketch entities.

Solidworks

sketchManager.[1](entity1, point1)
sketchManager.[2](entity2, entity3)
sketchManager.[3](entity4, point2)

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AExtend

BTrim

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up the order of Trim and Extend

Using Cut or Join which are invalid here

First, Trim entity1 at point1. Then, Extend entity2 to entity3. Finally, Trim entity4 at point2.